JEM!

Um, and this one was pretty pivatol to my upbringing...

Sunset Beach Original Opening

Oh yeah and this one, too... one of my first internships...

Gimme A Break

I heart YouTube. Tonight I went in search of all my old favorite TV show themes. This is one of my favorites... I love Nell

I get Lost in his eyes...

Here's some casting news to look forward to... Rodrigo Santoro is joining the cast of Lost next season. His name might not seem familiar, but I KNOW you'll remember him as Karl from "Love Actually." He's the hot guy that Laura Linney almost has sex with until her brother calls and interrupts. I'm still frustrated with Laura's character for picking up that stupid phone... bitch, you could've had some hot lovin'!!!

Snow in Summer

Coworker Tom turned me on... to a band called Snow Patrol. They've been around for quite a while, but I hadn't really heard their songs before (even though they are used all over the place). A handful of the tracks are my new favorite songs. Check them out sometime... I recommend:

Chasing Cars
Run
Hands Open
Headlights on Dark Roads
You're All I Have

Hairy Situation

So my week-long flirtation with brushed-to-the-side bangs has come to an end. There were good times, there were bad times... there were more bad times than good. Each day was different. Here is a sampling of comments:

My niece: You look weird... You look weird.

A producer: Hey, you cut your hair short. (What?! This is what my hair looks like LONG!)

My old boss: You look like Hitler.

Caroline: You look so conservative.

Debbie: You look like a young Republican.

Scott: You look caucasian.

Nate D: You look like a preppy Asian school boy.

Anyway, time for another Michael Owen photo.

Music... Makes the People... Change the channel... Yeah

So we are starting up new online videos at work... And I got my first assignment yesterday... And... I had to write a freakin song and dance number! I don't know how to write songs!!! I've had a panic attack for like the last 24 hours, but now it's finally done. I stayed up til 1:30am writing my little musical "masterpiece." I bet you anything they cut it. I'll be mortified either way. Mommy...

Just Because, Part III

Why doesn't Al Santos get more work? He was really good as a super-dense Jason Priestly-type character on Grosse Pointe.



P.S. So through my IM conversation with Ernesto tonight, I've learned that I'm a slut... but a slut at all the wrong times and never at the right times. I don't know why I wasn't taught this in school... Ernesto gave some hilarious metaphor about steak and sizzling to illustrate his point, but sadly, that little nugget of wisdom is now lost in the ethers.

The Babysitting Blues...

When I was growing up, one of my favorite movies was "Adventures in Babysitting" starring Elisabeth Shue. Elisbaeth plays a high school babysitter who has to drag her young wards into the dangerous city to fetch her stranded, nutty friend. Chaos and hilarity ensues. And now they plan on remaking this gem... with Raven Symone! I'm appalled... and yet... I think I have to see this.

My favorite part of the movie was when Elisabeth's friend made a call from a bus station phone booth. And this big black homeless woman bangs on the glass and yells, "Get outta mah house! Get outta mah house!"

oh, owen

i would have paid more attention to the world cup had michael owen still been in the game. since many people keep asking who he is, here's yet another picture of my biggest athlete crush. enjoy.



And here's a quick quote from "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho:

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

Personally, I'm ready for my dreams to come true and have life be a little more boring. "Interesting" is starting to wear thin on my emotions.

Realization of the Day

I am my own worst enemy. Sigh.

IM Conversation with Nathan Dalton

This is how it actually started... and really, that's how all our conversations start.

crankmonkey40: skunt
rybry7: errr
rybry7: that's not a word
crankmonkey40: so
crankmonkey40: It describes you perfectly
rybry7: you know what describes you perfectly? cunt
crankmonkey40: you mean "scunt"
rybry7: are you drunk?
crankmonkey40: nope...
crankmonkey40: well...
crankmonkey40: little
rybry7: you might as well use it as an excuse for your "scunt"
rybry7: were you drinking in the dark by yourself again or did you try drinking out with people this time?
crankmonkey40: people scare me
rybry7: i think, more accurately, you scare people
crankmonkey40: I scare them by being scared
rybry7: no, you scare them with your socially unacceptable behavior.
rybry7: i partook in jessica's new business venture... creative memories...
crankmonkey40: jessica's new business venture?
rybry7: creative memories. she sells photo albums. and memories.
crankmonkey40: real memories?
rybry7: i prefer fake memories. like actually having a good time hanging out with you. those are better than reality
crankmonkey40: That cut deep
rybry7: btw, i just saw the devil wears prada for the second time tonight. that is such a fun movie.
crankmonkey40: great.
crankmonkey40: I need to see it though.
crankmonkey40: immediately
rybry7: you do
rybry7: why do you think i recommended it to you?
crankmonkey40: So I won't see it.. duh
rybry7: i never use reverse psychology on you... hey, let's hang out!
crankmonkey40: NO WAY!!!!!
crankmonkey40: damn
rybry7: ;)
crankmonkey40: I'm in love with Anne Hathaway
rybry7: i am too!
crankmonkey40: Let's gang bang her
crankmonkey40: Oh my god. Greatest song in the world -- "a public affair"
rybry7: lol... i actually don't think it's so bad...
rybry7: i can't wait to see the all-star video...
crankmonkey40: I'm not kidding. I love it more than I've loved anything in recent memory.
rybry7: even more than yourself?
crankmonkey40: Oh yeah!
crankmonkey40: I hate me
crankmonkey40: the title's ironic though...
rybry7: how so?
crankmonkey40: considering Nick (whatever his last name is) had a public affair on her
rybry7: oh. i guess. that's stretching irony isn't it?
crankmonkey40: no.
crankmonkey40: trust me, I'm the judge on irony stretching
crankmonkey40: I rule in my favor
crankmonkey40: slut
rybry7: i object!
crankmonkey40: OVERRULED!!!
crankmonkey40: You know what else is ironic?
crankmonkey40: You're asian
rybry7: and that's ironic, how???
crankmonkey40: You're in contempt!
crankmonkey40: If you can't tell, I just watched Law & order
rybry7: you're out of order!
rybry7: or something
crankmonkey40: SKUNT!!

Summer Daze and Buffy Summers

Summer has been pretty busy and a bit of a rollercoaster. Which is good... 'cause I feel like I'm living. But it's also bad, because, well, sometimes living hurts. In my dark hours, I turn to one place for comfort, inspiration and wisdom: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.



:: One of my favorite quotes of all time is from the episode, "Passion"...

"It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead."

:: Also from that same episode...

"Passion is the source of our finest moments: The joy of love, the clarity of hate and the ecstacy of grief."

:: I also enjoy Buffy's other themes about change being thrust upon us, but how it's our reactions that define us... about destiny... about loneliness... about cookie dough. To lift the cookie dough metaphor, I believe I'm no longer cookie dough. I have formed into warm, delicious cookies. And I'm ready for someone to eat me.